Covered jar
This jar is coated with cream-colored slip and bears a sgraffito design of flowers and leaves. Sgraffito hollow ware is rare, and the incised flowers here are of exceptional artistic merit. The jar is said to have descended in the family of the potter.
Artwork Details
- Title: Covered jar
- Maker: Attributed to Jacob Scholl (1781–1851)
- Date: ca. 1830–40
- Geography: Made in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Earthenware; Redware with sgraffito decoration
- Dimensions: H. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 1933
- Object Number: 34.100.159a, b
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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